Certified Mobile UX & UI Design Specialist

Contents

From Mobile Lean UX design and development process to decide whether to choose a mobile app vs. a mobile website.

Navigation and interaction patterns

Navigation systems for both web and apps and interaction patterns in iOS and Android.

Designing for touch and visual design

From interaction design for touch screens to dealing with data and complex information to visual design on mobile.

Visual design and software tools

iOS and Android design languages and introduction to Sketch and Figma.

Evolving interfaces and animation

From designing a screen in all its states to gestures on mobile devices and the principles of UI animation.

Animations and interactions

From Micro-interactions to the introduction of Framer to preparing assets for developers.

Mobile UX design basics and workflows

From Mobile Lean UX design and development process to decide whether to choose a mobile app vs. a mobile website.

Navigation and interaction patterns

Navigation systems for both web and apps and interaction patterns in iOS and Android.

Designing for touch and visual design

From interaction design for touch screens to dealing with data and complex information to visual design on mobile.

Visual design and software tools

iOS and Android design languages and introduction to Sketch and Figma.

Evolving interfaces and animation

From designing a screen in all its states to gestures on mobile devices and the principles of UI animation.

Animations and interactions

From Micro-interactions to the introduction of Framer to preparing assets for developers.

Designing for a mobile device, and making the transition from web design can be challenging. Thus, it’s fundamental to understand its specific and distinctive characteristics, to be able to design meaningful apps and mobile websites. This course will guide you through a workflow that you will be able to apply in your mobile projects — from the idea to interaction patterns and animations.

What to expect

We’ll teach you how to face a professional design project for mobile devices from the beginning. Along the way, you’ll learn how to design quick prototypes, wireframes and interaction patterns for different operating systems, visual design, interactions and animations, among other things. In the end, you’ll have a working medium-fidelity prototype that you’ll be able to share and test.

What you will learn

During this course you’ll work following a step-by-step process to design a mobile product, from the initial idea to the interface’s details. Workflows, techniques and tools that work in real life will be presented along theoretical contents and short, hands-on exercises. During the course you will be able to put into practice what you learn, in a fun and relaxed environment. Also, contents will be presented in an easy to understand, non-technical manner.

Who should participate

This seminar was developed for people who are responsible for the design and conceptualisation of digital products for mobile devices. These are, for example, designers and design managers from all fields (user experience, visual design, product design). People with other professional backgrounds such as project and product managers, web and software developers may also benefit from the contents of this seminar.

Agenda

1st Day - Mobile UX design basic and interaction design

Welcome, getting to know and warm up

Mobile Lean UX design, and development processOverview of the main workflow when designing a mobile product, from its conceptualization to launching.

How to choose: Mobile app vs. mobile websiteShould it be an app or does a mobile website fit the users needs better?. Not everything needs to be an app. In some cases, a mobile website will do. Learn to choose when to make what.

Practical exercise: Given a product idea, participants will need to decide between making it as a mobile app or mobile web, and explain the benefits of their decision.

Ideas that are worth making as an appEveryone has an idea for an app, but does it worth it? The key aspects to know if you have a good concept in front of you.

Taking advantage of the mobile’s phone hardwareA small computer in your pocket, learn how to take advantage of your phone’s hardware potential.

Almost 10 years ago, Javier traveled to Barcelona to specialize in mobile design, learning UX for apps since the first versions of iOS and Android. All his experience was put into ‘Designing Mobile Apps’ a book he co-wrote. The repercussions of this project took him to make part of different design events and conferences around the world, such as Colombia 3.0, UX Spain, UX Sofia and different editions of Campus Party. Javier has taught design at ELISAVA and IED, the two most well-known design schools in Barcelona. Besides this, he has held and co-organised design workshops in more than 15 countries around the world, from Brazil to China.

Testimonials

Wonderful course with the most relevant agenda of all the UX courses and conferences I've been to. If you actually want to improve your skills as a Mobile UX designer, I highly recommend this course. Javier is a great and funny trainer as well! 🙂

Rasmus Dalboege , UX Designer
, Widex A/S

Mobile UX course is an introduction to UX design and gives a good overview of the basics and principles of UI design. The exercises helped us to apply the theory part. Great group, great course!

Georg Baumgarte , Product Lead
, wooga GmbH

„The Trainer was really friendly and good. He explained stuff very well and added some topic we asked extra.“

Dilan Yüksel , Widex A/S

Informations

Facts & Figures

Duration: 3 Days

Language: English

Participant: Minimal 3 | Maximum 12

Cancellation: Up to 14 days before the start of the seminar free of charge

Contact person

Stefan Schmitt

s.schmitt@xd-i.com

+49 221 168 19 762

Certificate

Certified Mobile UX & UI Design Specialist

The certificate “Certified Mobile UX & UI Design Specialist” of the XDi – Experience Design Institute is awarded for the completed seminar, the active participation in the practical exercises as well as the final presentation.

The certificate is recognized by the UXPA and the Interaction Design Foundation and enjoys an international reputation.

Benefits

First-class trainers with distinctive practical knowledge and many years of experience in an int. context

Learning content didactically prepared and creatively implemented

Practical application of theoretically well-founded knowledge

Latest results of brain research applied

Integrated coaching and mental training methods

Based on neuroscientifically founded principles

Attractive venues with a special atmosphere

Personal, informal interaction with trainers and participants

First-class trainers with distinctive practical knowledge and many years of experience in an int. context

Learning content didactically prepared and creatively implemented

Practical application of theoretically well-founded knowledge

Latest results of brain research applied

Integrated coaching and mental training methods

Based on neuroscientifically founded principles

Attractive venues with a special atmosphere

Personal, informal interaction with trainers and participants

First-class trainers with distinctive practical knowledge and many years of experience in an int. context

Learning content didactically prepared and creatively implemented

Practical application of theoretically well-founded knowledge

Latest results of brain research applied

Integrated coaching and mental training methods

Based on neuroscientifically founded principles

Attractive venues with a special atmosphere

Personal, informal interaction with trainers and participants

Our Services

XDi'Inhouse

We also offer the possibility of special in-house company training tailored to your needs. A company training is particularly suitable if you want to train entire teams in experience design methodologies and want to establish the appropriate knowledge in your company.

You achieve the most sustainable learning success with a good mixture of training, coaching and consulting. All XDi trainings can be combined with individual coaching and accompanying consulting services to form a "Continious Improvement Program" for continuous development.

In order to support your team or individual team members in a targeted way and to promote them more strongly, we have developed a special coaching offer. We coach you on all topics of our further training courses. Just let us know exactly how we can support you.

We advise companies and their executives on the path to digital transformation. We prepare companies for the transformation of a networked, global world and accompany them in the development of new working environments, the use of digital tools and the setup of their teams.

The transfer of knowledge about methods, techniques and tools of the digital world is the basis of all skills. Therefore we provide the theoretical foundation in short input units and then apply the presented methods and tools in practice.

The Practice - Learning by doing

Our credo is "Learning by Doing" - the participants of our seminars learn the application of relevant methods and techniques by means of practical exercises in a co-creative team process. The results of the practical work are then presented.

The Exploration - Playful learning

Learning is fun. Play and fun, trying out and making mistakes play an important role in learning. Only what triggers emotions can have an effect. We support you playfully to reach your goal.

The Visualisation - Put into picture

Visualization is an important and powerful tool to make ideas and concepts understandable. We animate our participants to think visually and encourage them to draw their thoughts.

The Presentation - Show me

The results of the individual and group work are presented to the team or to all participants. Everyone is asked to communicate their work verbally, visually and argumentatively and put it into the right light.

The Feedback - Saying what's going on

All participants are invited to criticize - positive as well as negative. It is important to communicate what likes and dislikes and to give suggestions for improvements. In the dialogue with others and the open exchange of arguments, we make it possible to better reflect on the effect of one's own actions and to broaden one's own horizon.

The Reflexion - Pass in review

All thematic blocks will be concluded with a retrospective. The experiences made are reflected in individual and group work. We create an instance of conscious perception and mentally repeat the experiences in order to better integrate them.

The Introspection – Going inside

The power lies in the peace and quiet. Everyone is invited to explore themselves, to consciously perceive experiences and to let experiences work. We create moments of peace and look together into the inner self to manifest the acquired knowledge.